Muddy Waters - Copenhagen Jazz festival (October 27,1968) #iloveguitars the guild t-bird. Guild was founded in New York in the 1950s. The majority of its employees came from Epiphone (one of the founders was a former manager). It enjoyed decent success until the 1970s, but then began to struggle against competition, and in the 1990s, it was absorbed by Fender. Guild was famous for its acoustic and semi-acoustic instruments. Unfortunately, under Fender, they did not continue that line, and Guild fell to the level of mediocre guitars. The vintage models are highly valued, and particularly notable is the model used by Muddy.